Weather Blog: Near Record Warmth Ahead

Thank you for stopping by the Weather Watch 12 Blog! The roller coaster fall temperatures experienced in Milwaukee will continue this week. Temperatures may approach record highs to start the week. In today's blog we discuss the spring-like feel to December, and look ahead to when cooler weather returns to the area.

To put the current warm-up in perspective, the average high in Milwaukee is now 38 degrees with an average low of 25! Morning lows will not even dip below the average high until Wednesday morning.

The flood of warmth is being pushed into the nation's mid-section with a huge storm system along the West Coast. The warm weather will peak on Monday in southeastern Wisconsin with highs in the 60s! Check out the NAM computer model temperature forecast shown below.

This model is pushing mid-60s in southern Wisconsin! Right now our forecast is low 60s, but any peeks of sun will push temperatures higher! The record high for December 3 in Milwaukee is 64 degrees set in 1998.

By Monday evening the first of 2 cold fronts will near the area. Ahead of cold front number 1 rain showers will be possible in southeast Wisconsin Monday afternoon and evening.

As the first cold front clears the area, temperatures will drop to the upper 40s for highs on Tuesday. The HPC surface forecast map below is valid at 6am Tuesday. Notice on the map below the first cold front is east of our area, with the second front just pushing into northwest Wisconsin.

As the second cold front arrives late Tuesday, chilly air will return pushing daytime highs to around 40 on Wednesday. A better chance of highs returning to the 30s is possible in days 6-10 of the forecast. We will update these colder trends in future Weather Watch 12 blogs.

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Have a great day!

Jeremy Nelson

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